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 Chapter 1361: You Search Yours, I'll Search Mine

The soul attack didn't do much damage, but was extremely insulting. The Yellow Sand Night Demon unhesitatingly turned direction, charging towards Lin Moyu.

That powerful, violent aura locked onto him again. Lin Moyu began retreating rapidly. 

The Black Sand Demon King clearly relaxed, quickly catching up, ready to act at any moment.

The first cooperation is always the hardest. Once they get through it smoothly, it will only get easier and more coordinated afterwards. 

Lin Moyu understood why the Xiao Ming Buddha required them to work in pairs now. Facing the leader-level Yellow Sand Night Demon in the Yellow Sand Lake, one person alone simply couldn't hold it off.

They could only use this roundabout method to stall it for now. 

But this method couldn't be dragged out too long either. The attacks would grow stronger each time, eventually reaching a limit. So one hour was a reasonable timeframe.

Ten-odd seconds later, the Yellow Sand Night Demon closed in on Lin Moyu again. The Black Sand Demon King acted in time. 

His attack was a few degrees stronger than before, successfully drawing the Yellow Sand Night Demon's attention again.

The two of them pulled the Yellow Sand Night Demon back and forth like letting out a kite, playing an extreme game of tug-of-war.

Time ticked by bit by bit. In the extreme tug-of-war, one hour passed.

The two unhesitatingly charged out of the lake, the Yellow Sand Night Demon giving chase.

It locked firmly onto Lin Moyu, its huge eyes filled with hatred.

Lin Moyu felt a bit helpless. It was because the intensity of his soul attack was too high - towards the end, the Black Sand Demon King often had to attack two or three times before the Yellow Sand Night Demon would switch targets.

Lin Moyu burst out of the lake water at top speed, kicking up a hundred-meter water column.

Woosh!

Following behind him, the Yellow Sand Night Demon's massive body also burst out.

It gripped its long spear tightly, launching an attack at Lin Moyu in mid-air. 

The huge spear phantasm shot out, as if to tear him into shreds.

Lin Moyu felt his soul being locked onto. With a shift of his mind, the Wings of the Undead appeared on his back.

The Wings of the Undead shuddered, breaking the soul lock.

Then the Flash Wizard also manifested on his shoulder. Lin Moyu's body turned into light, instantly traversing thousands of miles to land on the lakeshore.

With the soul lock broken, the Yellow Sand Night Demon's strike missed. It let out an enraged roar, then dropped back into the lake waters. The lake churned violently, kicking up waves that took a long time to settle.

The Xiao Ming Buddha's voice rang out with a hint of approval, "Good moves, Dao Friend Lin."

With his strength, he could naturally see what Lin Moyu had just done.

Breaking a soul lock was no easy feat for most.

Especially a Demigod's soul lock - even more difficult to break. Yet Lin Moyu had done it with ease.

This also meant that if he tried to lock onto Lin Moyu's soul, it would similarly be broken.

Lin Moyu's standing in the Xiao Ming Buddha's eyes unconsciously rose another level.

Lin Moyu sat down on the spot, saying nothing. He looked like he had just gone through a life-or-death ordeal, still shaken.

But in fact, Lin Moyu wasn't fazed at all. His every display was calculated to present a certain image.

Ever since the job change, he had experienced who knows how many massive battles, seen life and death too many times to count.

Most people in the great world were cultivators comprehending the laws. To him, they were like hothouse flowers.

He himself had barely any days of bitter cultivation - he had grown primarily through constant battle.

The situation just now was child's play to Lin Moyu.

Yet he put on an air of still being shaken, having narrowly escaped death, while also demonstrating his ability to sever soul locks.

One, to tell the Xiao Ming Buddha that he had this ability - don't underestimate me.

Two, to also tell the Xiao Ming Buddha that his battle strength was limited, no match for the Yellow Sand Night Demon - don't be too wary of me either.

He didn't want to be either too underestimated or too intimidating.

This was the effect Lin Moyu wanted, and it seemed he had achieved it now.

Lin Moyu's soul was extremely perceptive, far more so than anyone else present. He could sense the changes in their expressions.

He controlled the skeletal demon warriors again.

In that past hour, the hundred skeletal demon warriors had searched a large area already, without any findings. They were still expanding their search radius.

The central lake was immense, able to contain several stars. It couldn't be fully searched in a short time.

But Lin Moyu wasn't in a hurry. As long as the passage truly existed, he would find it sooner or later.

An hour later, it was Lin Moyu and the Black Sand Demon King's turn to search again, while the Xiao Ming Buddha and the Erosion Demon King drew the Yellow Sand Night Demon's attention.

During his search, Lin Moyu deployed another hundred skeletal demon warriors.

Time passed bit by bit, the four of them taking turns searching within the central lake.

Three days later, Lin Moyu had finished searching zones 1 to 8, without any findings.

The Xiao Ming Buddha and Erosion Demon King had also finished zones 20 to 27, similarly without results.

In the most recent search, due to a mistake, the Erosion Demon King was injured.

The search had to be paused to allow the Erosion Demon King's injuries to recover before continuing.

Over these three days, Lin Moyu had seen clearly that the weakest of the four was the Erosion Demon King.

Though it had its own unique secret arts, without using them, its strength was a notch below even Jin Hui's. The strongest was naturally the Xiao Ming Buddha. Especially that time the Erosion Demon King was injured - the Xiao Ming Buddha demonstrated his power.

He held off the Yellow Sand Night Demon for over ten minutes, allowing the Erosion Demon King to escape unharmed.

The four were still sitting some distance apart on the Yellow Sand.

There was no day or night in the Yellow Sand - the fireball in the sky was ever-present.

Lin Moyu wasn't idle either. He controlled the skeletal demon warriors to search the lake bottom night and day, seeking the passage.

Now under the lake, there were already 2000 skeletal demon warriors.

They didn't need rest, nor would they draw monster attacks. They advanced unimpeded, with astounding efficiency.

In these three days, they had finished searching zones 70 to 90, now heading towards even higher numbered zones closer to the core.

The higher the number, the closer to the core - where the Yellow Sand Night Demon lurked. Lin Moyu wasn't sure if the skeletal warriors would draw its attack.

Bosses were different from regular monsters - hard to say for sure.

However, Lin Moyu felt that since they hadn't been attacked for three days already, the odds were very low.

Sure enough, one of the skeletal warriors relayed information - it had spotted the Yellow Sand Night Demon.

The Yellow Sand Night Demon dragged its massive body past right over the skeletal warrior's head, completely ignoring its existence.

With this, Lin Moyu was greatly relieved. He immediately ordered a hundred skeletal warriors to head for the core area, while the rest continued searching along their original routes.

Since he had been to the lake bottom before, Lin Moyu had guessed from the start that the real passage might be in the core area.

Previously, they had to draw the Yellow Sand Night Demon's attention every hour, so the skeletal warriors couldn't head straight for the core or they might be discovered by the Xiao Ming Buddha.

But now, taking advantage of the Erosion Demon King's injury recovery time, Lin Moyu rushed the skeletal warriors to the core area. The Erosion Demon King's injuries were no small matter - it would need at least three days to recover.

Three days was enough time to thoroughly search the core area.